Herold, J. Christopher <br/><br/>
Mistress to an age  : a life of Madame de Staël 
/ by J. Christopher Herold 
 - x, 486 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations, portraits 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [465]-474) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I. The Neckers The Obscure years of Monsieur Necker The romance of Suzanne Curchod Madame Necker's drawing room The Trinity and the triangle Part II. Love and politics Marriage and emancipation Revolution and intoxication Love and politics The heartbreak and the terror Benjamin 'This miserable gypsy life' Part III. Two tyrants Ideology The ideophobe defied Weimar, Berlin and fate The Isle of Calypso Corinne and Adolphe Farce, tragedy, and histrionics The sword beats the spirit Part IV. The Vanity of human wishes Caliban Defeat in victory Not the port but the grave 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Staël, Madame de  1766-1817 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Authors, French--19th century--Biography
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>France--Intellectual life--19th century
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>848.609